Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A ravine or gully, especially in southern Asia.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In the East Indies, a watercourse: commonly used for the dry bed of a stream.
Wiktionary
- n. A stream.
- n. The dry bed of a small stream.
- n. A gorge or ravine.
- n. Hong Kong A concrete lined channel designed to allow rapid run off of storm water from high ground, to prevent flooding of urbanised coastal areas.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; -- orig. an East Indian term.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a ravine or gully in southern Asia
Etymologies
- Hindi nālā, rivulet, probably of Dravidian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I knew what was happening as well as if I was seeing it - the Company riders, out-sabred, would be drawing off, and sure enough presently the Pathans came down the nullah in good order, clustered round Damodar and the Rani's women; among the last to come was Lakshmibai.”
“We crossed a deep nullah, and Sher Khan wheeled me all along its far lip, towards a grove of palm and thorn, Where tents were pitched.”
“I had been on horse-back, riding hard, seeing a shot strike home in a sandy nullah - so why, I wondered irritably, was I now standing up, leaning against something hard, with what seemed to be a polished table top in front of me?”
“I was ready for it, too, but before I left I found myself riding out on the road to Kota-ki-serai, to have a look at the spot where her people had made a little shrine to Lakshmibai, near the nullah - they thought no end of her, you know, and still do.”
“That was all I saw before Sher Khan and the other herded me down a little nullah, where we halted and waited while the noise of the skirmish gradually died away.”
“The Road having big ditches in its middle and a water nullah (stream) also passing through this road having no bridge or culvert.”
Hamsafar Welfare Society arranged maintenance of road on self help basis
“He said construction of the bridge over Erin nullah and a power project at Athwatu would benefit large chunk of people of the district.”
Government to carry opposition along in development process: Omar
“Addressing a public gathering at Popchan, Bandipora, after inaugurating a bridge on Erin nullah, the Chief Minister said, “Restoration of peace and development process is the common concern of all of us and we have to deliver on this front working above party politics.””
Government to carry opposition along in development process: Omar
“According to SHO police station Chitral a car bearing registration No. PSC 1151 was on its way from Barinus Gol to Chitral town, when it reached to Barinus nullah, fell down in a deep stream while negotiating a sharp turn.”
“Enforcement of sharia; translated from Urdu booklet "Nifaz-e-shariat" by CauhdriÌ „ AmaÌ „ nullah Lak”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Pakistan on the Brink, by Ahmed Rashid
Lists
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
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Hillwalking
Rambling terms, walking words and trekking phrases
shank's mare, yomp, tab, hump, ramble, traipsing, dingle, nullah, groundsel, bealach, cairn, regolith and 6 more...
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errguitar A gully or ravine as in Tularosa Nullah. Jun 22, 2008